Windows 10: Laptop asking for bitlocker recovery key. I have never turned on encryption. Windows 10...

Crisis! Please help! Laptop is asking for a bitlocker recovery key after it rebooted on its own while I was sleeping, presumably due to an update. I have never turned on encryption. I have Windows 10 Home Edition. It has never asked me for this before. When I go to my bitlocker recovery key in my Microsoft Account

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Bitlocker Recovery Keys keeps appearing

Click on the start icon and type bitlocker. Click on the top entry in the list for Manage Bitlocker. In the Window that opens, turn BitLocker off. I noticed that Windows 10 Pro ver 1803, when I installed it on my laptop, encrypted the drive without asking me if I wanted it encrypted or not and I was getting the screen to enter a key after I attempted to install a second boot menu entry.

 

My bitlocker recovery key will not work

Hi Robert,

To help you in resolving your BitLocker concern, you may check the provided links below:

• BitLocker recovery keys: Frequently asked questions
• Find my BitLocker recovery key
• Turn on device encryption

Any information outside of the support articles we have provided is outside of consumer support which we handle here. Bitlocker is usually used in business environments which is supported by

TechNet. The moderators and users on TechNet are very knowledgeable and we suggest you post your question there.

We will also leave your thread open here in case another user has experienced the same issue and have found a workaround to share.

Kind regards.

 

Asking for Bitlocker recovery key on login

So I was playing with BIOS settings for reformatting my laptop and reinstalling Windows using bootable USB drive. I didn't succeed and I probably did something stupid. Now I'm not able to login into my laptop. It's asking me for bitlocker recovery key on both disabled and enabled settings of secure boot.

On "Enabled" setting, it says "Bitlocker needs your recovery key to unlock your drive because Secure Boot policy has unexpectedly changed."




On "Disabled" setting, it says "Bitlocker needs your recovery key to unlock your drive because Secure Boot has been disabled. Either Secure Boot must be re-enabled, or Bitlocker must be suspended for Windows to start normally."




I don't have a recovery key. I don't remember setting one. I even searched for it in my Microsoft account. My device (ASUS X205TA) is listed but the recovery key is not.

Note that I don't have any useful data in the laptop, so I'd be fine with reinstalling windows even if I loose all the data. I just want to be able to use my laptop again.